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Category: Georgia Dems

  • Snark Wednesday-Open Thread

    Macon-Bibb & DOJ. Personally it’s the stupid name that upsets me, no wonder it was halted. LeSigh, CNN le f’ing sigh. Andre’s doing the heavy lifting on this one, and we’re going to let him. Not exactly the Fast & Furious. Bless her heart, one step ahead of a ethics fine and probably looking to…

  • FUWNFHIT*

    *File Under What New Fresh Hell is This! I think the name of this bill should be Sen. Bill Heath is a big old crybaby… someone call the Whaaaambulance on the double. Read it and weep folks read it and weep. Bolding is mine, because that part offends me on so many levels. Democrats, we…

  • What YOU can do to help elect a Democrat!

    As has been covered on this blog previously, on January 8th there are some special elections.  There are actually 4. SD 30 is over in West Georgia.  You’ll see a Republican vs. a Libertarian there.  This one is interesting in that Democrats actually could not qualify for the special election because no Democrat qualified for…

  • Georgia Democrats Last Hope In State Senate Disappears

    Trying to fight off a Republican supermajority in the State Senate, the Georgia Senate Democratic Caucus recruited Lisa Collins to run in Senate District 11 in the Southwestern area’s January 8th Special Election. Today those hopes were dashed as Collins withdrew from the State Senate race ensuring a GOP strangehold on the State Senate for…

  • Democrats Field Candidates in 2 of 3 Special Elections for Jan 8, 2013

    According to the Secretary of State’s website as of noon today when qualifying ended, Democrats fielded candidates for: State Senate District 11 – Lisa Collins A brief google search indicates Mrs. Collins is a Georgia native and Director of Economic Development (awesome!) in Early County which would make her no stranger to the state capitol. State…

  • On Mayor Reed & Gay Marriage

    Atlanta’s Mayor Kasim Reed officially announced his support yesterday for marriage equality. Reed’s office published a press release stating he has “gone through a good bit of reflection on this issue, but listening to the stories of so many people that I know and care about has strengthened my belief that marriage is a fundamental…